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Parents should be afraid, very afraid!

April 5, 2009

Following last year’s hot scandal on China’s tainted milk, we are now faced with a situation where scientists in the US have found traces of a chemical called perchlorate which is used in rocket fuel in baby formulas. Although it has yet to be found if this substance is indeed a threat to health, it [...]

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Do you insure more or less in times of trouble?

March 28, 2009

Times are bad, we can’t deny it and we can possibly expect more to come as things aren’t going to up heading up anytime soon. Many people have lost their jobs and even though the government is trying hard to create job opportunities, I think we can’t possibly reach the employment rate of when things [...]

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Harmful bacteria found in baby formula

February 18, 2009

I read this piece of news this morning in the newspapers, but it was just a tiny column hidden in the World news section and it didn’t have much information. Fearing that it would be a repeat of the tainted milk scandal in China, I decided to do a search to find out more.
The brand [...]

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One of my worst nightmares came true

January 12, 2009

As a mother, I’m rather paranoid. I’m always worried that my son will hurt himself. A toddler has endless ways to get hurt if you just leave him unattended, and even attended for that matter!
On Saturday morning, I was in the kitchen cooking and he was under the watchful eyes of the father in the [...]

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How to check whether milk products are from China or Taiwan

October 7, 2008

Still fresh on the issue of the tainted milk from China, here’s some useful tip to determine where your dairy product came from, whether it’s from China or Taiwan. Note that I read this information from a forwarded email, so I can’t vouch for how true this is but no harm learning a new thing [...]

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